When does 23 equal 55? When it comes to grading the Math A Regents exam. Never before has the state required students to answer so few questions correctly on the mandatory test to eke out a passing ...

High-school students taking the Math A Regents exam this week must correctly answer fewer than one-third of the questions to pass – the lowest benchmark in at least six years – because of a revised ...

Question: When is 39 a passing grade? Answer: When it’s the Math Regents exam. A new scoring system announced yesterday suddenly transformed hundreds of failing grades on June’s Math A Regents into ...